100 AWESOME THINGS ABOUT ISRAEL

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8. Yom Yerushalayim

Being in Jerusalem on Yom Yerushalayim in 1973. There were hundreds of people at the Kotel, davening,talking, singing and dancing.There were Rabbanim and Ministers from Israel speaking about Jerusalem. The Chayalim (soilders) were there and all my friends.
Factiod: Yom Yerushalayim started after the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six Day war in June of 1967. Yom Yerushalayim is the newest holiday to be put on the calender.

7. No soldier left behind.

The State of Israel will never leave a soldier behind.

Gilad Shalit
Factoid: In the past 30 years, Israel has released approximately 7,000 Palestinian prisoners to secure the release of 18 Israeli soldiers and to retrieve the bodies of 8 others.